Category Archives: Uplifting Films

The Oath Is a Good Movie That Brings Up Lots of Big Questions

Posted on December 19, 2023 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

As I mentioned two weeks ago, I saw The Oath. And I liked it. It’s a heartfelt movie that gave me a lot to think about. What I like most about it is that it takes the concept of the … Continue reading →

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I’m Excited to See The Oath (2023) Next Week

Posted on December 5, 2023 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I don’t usually express excitement about a movie that hasn’t come out yet, but I’m going to make an exception for The Oath (2023). It’s coming out this Friday, December 8. One of my brothers told me about it a … Continue reading →

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I Understand How Rudy Felt

Posted on November 28, 2023 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I’ve likened myself to Rudy Ruettiger before, especially in my college experience. But all these years later, I have found something new to relate to in his plight.

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You’ve Got Mail Has the Perfect Solution to a Love Square

Posted on July 5, 2022 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I promised I would avoid talking about Miraculous: The Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir several months ago. But I have to break that commitment in this article. I recently discovered that a 1998 movie entitled You’ve Got Mail has … Continue reading →

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The Saddest Christmas Story I’ve Ever Seen

Posted on December 28, 2021 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

“If they would rather die,” said Scrooge, “they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.” These famous words are from Charles Dickens’ classic story A Christmas Carol. They demonstrate Ebeneezer Scrooge’s appalling lack of empathy for the poor … Continue reading →

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A Book That Makes Me Cry on Every Page

Posted on July 20, 2021 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Few pieces of entertainment have the power to make me cry. For example, the scenes in Beauty and the Beast (1991) where the Beast releases Belle and she returns just in time to watch him die always draw tears from … Continue reading →

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21 Incredibly Rewarding Moments in The Fugitive (Part 3)

Posted on July 13, 2021 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

We’re in the home stretch. In Part 1 and Part 2 of this article, we went through the first 14 immensely rewarding moments in The Fugitive that make it endlessly rewatchable. But the movie isn’t out of tricks yet. It’s … Continue reading →

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21 Incredibly Rewarding Moments in The Fugitive (Part 2)

Posted on July 6, 2021 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Let’s not waste any time on introductions. If you read Part 1, you know we’re talking about the 21 most satisfying moments in The Fugitive. We ended at #7 last time, and we’ll pick right up with #8.

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21 Incredibly Rewarding Moments in The Fugitive (Part 1)

Posted on June 29, 2021 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

The Fugitive is one of my favorite movies of all time. It’s a flawless film, which is incredible given that it started principal photography with an unfinished script. I recently realized that the reason the movie is so great to … Continue reading →

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The Latent Christianity of Star Trek

Posted on June 1, 2021 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Star Trek is a Christian TV show in the same way that the United States is a Christian nation. There’s very little explicit reference to Biblical teachings in the show’s scripts and in our country’s founding documents, but they are … Continue reading →

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